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Registration Nos. 33-35788
811-06136
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
September 28, 1999
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM N-1A
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 / x /
Pre-Effective Amendment No. _____ / /
Post-Effective Amendment No. 16 / x /
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and/or
REGISTRATION UNDER THE
INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940 / x /
Amendment No. 17 / x /
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(Check appropriate box or boxes)
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HOMESTEAD FUNDS, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
4301 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22203
(Address of Principal Executive Office)
Registrant's Telephone Number, including Area Code:
(703) 907-6026
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William P. McKeithan, Esq.
Homestead Funds ,Inc.
4301 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22203
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
Copies to:
Michael Berenson, Esq.
Jorden Burt Boros Cicchetti Berenson & Johnson LLP
1025 Thomas Jefferson Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20007
Approximate Date of Proposed Public Offering.
It is proposed that this filing will become effective:
immediately upon filing x on October 28, 1999
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paragraph (b)
60 days after filing _____ on ______ pursuant to
- ----- pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) paragraph (a)(1)
_____ 75 days after filing on ______ pursuant to
pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) ----- paragraph (a)(2) of
rule 485
If appropriate, check the following box:
x This post-effective amendment designates a new
- ----- effective date for a previously filed post-effective
amendment.
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The contents of Registrant's post-effective amendment no. 15 under the
Securities Act of 1933 and amendment no. 16 under the Investment Company Act of
1940, filed on July 16, 1999, are incorporated by reference herein. This
amendment is being filed pursuant to Rule 485(b)(1)(iii) under the Securities
Act of 1933 for the sole purpose of delaying the effectiveness of the
above-referenced amendments.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment
Company Act of 1940, the Registrant certifies that it meets all of the
requirements for effectiveness of this registration statement under Rule 485(b)
under the Securities Act of 1933 and has duly caused this registration statement
to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, duly authorized, in the City of
Arlington, and State of Virginia on the 28th day of September, 1999.
Homestead Funds, Inc.
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(Registrant)
Anthony C. Williams*
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Anthony C. Williams
President
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration
statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and
on the date indicated.
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Anthony C. Williams* President September 28, 1999
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Anthony C. Williams
Francis P. Lucier* Director September 28, 1999
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Francis P. Lucier
Anthony M. Marinello* Vice President and Director September 28, 1999
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Anthony M. Marinello
Peter R. Morris* Secretary, Treasurer and Director September 28, 1999
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Peter R. Morris
James F. Perna* Director September 28, 1999
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James F. Perna
*By:/s/William P. McKeithan
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William P. McKeithan, Esq.
(Attorney-in-Fact)
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